Aunt Barb

Barbara Jean Berardi
10/14/1954 - 2/9/2008
MARQUETTE HEIGHTS ~ Barbara Jean "Barb" Berardi, 53, of 300 Kaskaskia Road, passed away at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, February 9, 2008 at her residence.
Born October 14, 1954 in Peoria to Marvin J. and Margaret L. (Bohlander) Doty, she married Warren Leslie Berardi on April 5, 1980 in Kensington, Maryland. He survives.
Also surviving are her mother of Salt Lake City, Utah; six sons, Kevin Eugene Berardi of Saint George, Utah, Matthew Philip Berardi and Benjamin Warren Berardi, Andrew Joseph Berardi, and Mark Leslie Berardi, all of Marquette Heights, and Travis Marvin Berardi, serving as a missionary in Melbourne, Australia; one daughter, Elizabeth Marie (David) Dille of Marquette Heights; two grandchildren, Alexander Paul Dille and Kathryn Elizabeth Dille, both of Marquette Heights; two brothers, Scott N. (Rebecca) Doty of Saint George, Utah and Greig A. Doty of Salt Lake City, Utah; five sisters, Rebecca A. (Jim) Siirola, Jill M. Doty, Janet L. (Jim) Cunningham, all of Salt Lake City, Utah, Donna L. (James) Wilson of Moore, Oklahoma, and Sara L. (Alan) Lewis of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and one half-brother, Larry (Donna) Allen of Keithsburg.
Her father preceded her in death on April 14, 2002.
A 1973 graduate of East Peoria Community High School, she graduated in 1976 from the Graham Hospital School of Nursing in Canton.
Barb worked for Proctor Hospital in Peoria in the pediatric department. She then worked in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Primary Childrens Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. She later worked in the pediatric department at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria and later at Pekin Hospital. She last worked for A+ Home Health Care in Peoria for three years as a registered nurse in pediatric home health care.
She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pekin Ward. She was a former Sunday school teacher and former president of the relief society, primary department, and young women's department, all at the Pekin Ward. She was the advancement committee chairman of Boy Scout Troop 292 and den mother of Cub Scout pack 292, both at the Pekin Ward. She was a former district advancement chairman for W.D. Boyce Council of Boy Scouts of America for three years. She was proud of her accomplishment in raising six eagle scouts
Barb enjoyed doing counted cross-stitching and quilting for family and humanitarian events.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Pekin. Bishop Leonard W. Pineda will preside. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at the Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel and also from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Burial will be in Swan Lake Memory Gardens in Peoria.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 4234 North Knoxville Avenue, Peoria, IL 61614.


I love my Aunt Barb so much! And miss her already! My whole family, outside of a few cousins, were able to make her funeral on Wed. It was such a nice service, she will be greatly missed by everyone!